Wednesday, October 5, 2011

Our First Day in Venice

Day 1. Get ready for a lot of pictures!

The drive to Venice was beautiful as we made our way through the Alps. I always want to nap on long road trips, since I easily become car sick, but it was hard to close my eyes when we kept passing little villages and castles.

We are here!

Lots and lots of paper mache masks.

Gondolas everywhere

Walking around the markets.

Taking a break for a little pistachio and cookie gelato.

More walking around and taking it all in.

St. Mary of the Friars

Our friends Jay and Barb in front of the Palazzo Ducale.

We also took a trip up to the top of St. Mark's Bell Tower.

Views from the top.

We finished our day by heading back to our hotel, just outside of the city, and found a great little restaurant called Pizza Caperone.

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We were loving life in Charlotte, NC when we were approached with the opportunity to move to Germany for work. We are now starting our adventure in Erlangen, Germany. We can not wait to explore Germany, learn the language and travel throughout Europe. We are viewing this adventure as an amazing gift and want to share it with our friends and family.

A shout out to Charlotte

When you leave home for an extended period of time you begin to think about all the things that you miss and appreciate back home. Phil and I are so blessed to have loving and supportive friends and family. It makes such a difference to receive emails and facebook messages from loved ones while we are so far from home. We wanted to remind our friends in Charlotte in particular of how much we appreciate and love them.

You all do such a great job celebrating each others accomplishments and supporting one another when needed. We are so blessed to have you all in our lives and look forward to see you all either here in Germany or back home when we visit. Thank you for the impact you have had on us. We look forward to future trips and adventures with you guys.